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A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations o

A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned. – Arabic Proverb

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I came to the place of my birth and cried, The friends of my youth, where are they? And echo answered, Where are they? – Arabic Proverb

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You must not enthrone ignorance just because there is much of it. – Proverb

The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise. – Bhagavad Gita

It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs. – Sherrill Brown

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Take the decision in early March to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr. It was made apparently without knowledge or understanding of the nature of his movement or how widespread it is. – Juan Cole

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Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its source and final principles, vanishes into mystery. – Arthur Machen

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